An overwhelming mandate
The big takeaway from Tuesday is that America did shift toward Trump in 2024, and it shifted in a major way. In Florida, he defeated Harris by 13 percentage points, roughly quadrupling his 2020 margin. He lost in Virginia — but by 5 points this time instead of 10. In the deep blue states of New York and New Jersey, he performed better (on the presidential level) than any Republican in decades.
By The New York Times
Trump actually enlarged his base. He made inroads with Latinos and Black voters and claimed modest gains in suburbs and cities. Trump won Miami-Dade County, which has many Latino voters. It is the first time a Republican presidential candidate has done so since 1988. Support for Trump in the border counties of South Texas helped him win the state by 14 percentage points, based on the latest count. He won by only six points in 2020. Starr County went to a Republican for the first time since 1896. The big blue city of New York has moved a little more to the right each time Trump has run, and now by 26 percentage points since 2016. In Dearborn, Mich., which believe it or not now has a majority-Arab American population, Trump won with 46% of the vote (Harris received 36 percent, while Jill Stein of the Green Party received 18 percent.) Trump may have even taken the blue wall for the Republicans.
As of right now the GOP has won back the US Senate. The House is very much up for grabs as there are still votes to be counted at this late date. If the GOP wins the House, we should expect implementation of the Trump agenda on the economy, the border, crime and trade.
For the democrats, this should be a time of self-reflection. It appears they were wrong about the abortion issue winning the past few elections. It now seems that the other common denominator was at play - early voting. In the past two elections, democrats were able to find and register new prospective democrat voters and got them to bank their votes early. They were so successful at it they may have found every likely democrat voter. This time Republicans mastered the same trick and soundly defeated their proxy candidate.
The other issue that helped decide this election was Americans firm belief that America was on the wrong track. Joe Biden was elected in 2020 amid the chaos of the pandemic with a single promise to be a moderate unifier. He governed with the Bernie Sanders agenda and called half the country "fascist" and "garbage." When the polls showed he had no chance of winning, the democrats replaced him with a certified leftist who was nothing more than a DEI hire. They also weaponized the DOJ to go after Trump while the media continued to lie about him.
The question is: Have the democrats learned anything?
From what we can see so far, the answer is NO.
In the news:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among one of the first world leaders to call and congratulate President-Elect Trump. Netanyahu also fired his defense minister.
Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, fired his finance minister.
Hurricane Rafael cut power across Cuba which has struggled with its faltering energy grid.
A fire in South California has swept across 10,000 acres in a few hours. The blaze burned homes and prompted evacuations.
The DOJ and Jack Smith are winding down their lawfare prosecutions of the President-Elect.
CBS still refuses to turn over the full transcript of the heavily edited "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris.
Good morning
In an odd & rudely belated concession speech, Kamala Harris implied that she may try to one day run again. The speech was full of tired campaign rhetoric and she told her supporters: “While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign. “Sometimes the fight takes a while.”
Is there something seriously wrong with you?
Why dont you reprint Trumps "on time" concession speech from 2020.
Some people can hardly get a sentence out without stepping in it.
She simply told her supporters to go home on election night, then waited another day and a half, and eventually conceded in a very nasty way.
What kind of example is that for young women?
That one broods in bed all day when things don't go as expected?
The bs emanating from this daily "news" article neither impresses or effects me.
Show us a video of Trump's 2020 concession speech or let the nonsense of your assertion about Harris go.
Are you now claiming that Harris is the same as Trump?
Yet here you are....................and it's AFFECTS me
No, but you probably are.
I think you just did equate the two. That is how you excuse Harris inappropriate actions.
Btw, post 1 is not part of the news. It is my opinion of Harris so-called concession.
Yet here you are.
what? 'and it's AFFECTS me'
what?
Not effects..................SMH
What?
Still makes no sense.
'and it's EFFECTS me'
What?
In this context, the word effects is wrong and should have been "affects".
'and it's effects me'
What?
I think you're way off base here, Vic. She did lightyears better than Trump did when he lost. I don't think you're being fair.
Interesting that someone saying "fight" a half dozen times gets no outrage from folks on the left.
They were down & dirty right up until the eve of the election, them someone must have told Kamala to go positive in the final days so the media could highlight it.
They really thought people were stupid.
Unfortunately some are.
And we engage them when we can.
"Most of you aren’t in the right tax bracket to be celebrating, disrespectfully. You’ll eventually figure that out."
it's going to be hilarious when trump and maga learn newton's 3rd law when he starts his revenge and retribution BS ...
Welcome back. We shall see.
Where did you go????
if a day and a half is rudely belated, how would 4+ years or never be described?
Massachusetts +9? There's some grits for your breakfast!
I was part of the +9.
What the fuck is wrong with the States on the West coast? Stupid or lazy? Washington is at 71% votes counted, California is at 60%, and Oregon is at 78%, the 2 states we are still waiting for AZ and NV are at 70 and 94 respectively. this is ridiculous and absolute incompetence by their state officials.
That is why change does not necessarily = progress.
I dislike it when politicians use the term 'mandate'. They usually use it to justify what they want to do regardless if it's good policy or not. IMO this shift is not just a move towards Trump and the Republicans but also a shift away from Harris and the Democrats. The Democrats have played identity politics for so long and more and more people have come to realize that it's just lip service and they have not received any gains from the Democrats. People get tired of being taken for granted.
I'm also waiting on the vote count to complete to find out where the House sits. Having the Senate go Republican will help in getting Trump's cabinet seated but I really don't want the Republicans to hold on to the House. I much prefer a split Congress as that tends to lessen the harm they can actually do.
I'd say policy was a big factor in this election. Maybe the "identity politics" campaign strategy has finally been destroyed.
I'm also waiting on the vote count to complete to find out where the House sits.
It is nerve-wracking.
I much prefer a split Congress as that tends to lessen the harm they can actually do.
I don't. Normally that means nothing gets done, but a few of the Obama federal judges have acted for the legislature.
Mitch McConnell is stepping down.
Thoughts?
Good, like Biden he lacks the mental acuity to lead, and he no longer commands the respect of those he would need to lead. If Kentucky didn't have a democrat Governor who would obviously appoint a fellow democrat i would say he should step down with the new congress coming in.
He did some good things and always tried to maintain the special status of the Senate. The one thing I wished that he had done when he was Majority Leader was to establish a 60-vote threshold for changing Senate rules. They are all too easy to change.
Direct that stumble bum to a long flight of stairs !
Thoughts?
For all that Rick Scott has stolen from Medicare I hate seeing him in a position of being able to tell old farts to suck fish. We had a dick like that in Pennsylvania- Rick Santorum - and when he started telling voters how to behave, he got the door. That’s where that Scott asshole belongs. Instead, he’s talking majority leader.
And how about this hate-filled being?
Many Cheney-endorsed Democrats lost their House races, including a three-term Pennsylvania incumbent.
Will we miss her?
Trump says he hates Taylor Swift after pop star endorses VP …
On Wednesday, the day after the debate, Trump shrugged off Swift’s endorsement of Harris in an interview on the Fox News show Fox & Friends. “I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” Trump said.
One can have opinions on music, can we not?
You are always too easy Vic. He didnt say he hates her music , he said he hates her.
He meant her music and you fucking know it
Instead of 4 years of but but but Trump it may behoove some on the left to pay attention to why he wiped the floor with Kamala. Obviously what was done did not work. What do the dems need to do differently to win in 4 years? Hint: calling half the country names is not the way.
I dont see anything there about music.
I am not dumb enough to try and convince any of you that Trump is a worthless piece of garbage. I write for Vic's "outside" audience.
Seeing as how he doesn't even know her personally, one would most certainly ascertain he was talking about her music.
Except the party elite are already pointing fingers and tossing around blame as if there was only one or two things that were wrong. That party needs to look deeper, but the question is can they. Somehow if they still get the power and money they are used to, I doubt if they will change much of anything.
I said it exactly the same way when someone asked me about her music.
And of course, you didn't see the following sentence in the "fine people" speech either.
Nor did you see any evidence of an audio or video recording of the remarks about "suckers & losers" nor was there any documentation, such as transcripts or presidential notes, to independently confirm or deny the alleged quotes' authenticity, but you ran with it.
Nor did you stand against the White House altering the official transcript of Biden calling Trump supporters garbage.
You have a unique way of misreading things.
Yea, they didn't seem to learn anything in 2016, just shifted from deplorable to garbage, Nazi, Fascist etc. I am looking forward to see what names will be next, I think they shot their load in 2024 but I have faith in them
So nothing different just hope to reach a new audience.
They are awake John and They are very unimpressed with your excuses.
Maybe they come for the beating you take every day.
'hate filled being'
The projection.
I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT
was the exact tweet or whatever
Ya! It's certainly not for truth or facts or reality.
Please dont talk about things you know nothing about.
Just like Trump took. LOL
Who gives a fuck?
Think Taylor Swift loves Trump?
After all the vile things the Democrats, their media sycophants, and sheeple have spewed about Trump their hypocrisy is galling.
Don't worry the View is warming a seat for her now.
She will be able to spew hatred and BS for at least a few more years. Until her novelty, self contrition, and hatred run their course and leftists get sick of her. She should at least be good for the next 4 years while Trump is in office.
All those who made the country a promise to leave if Donald Trump won:
1. Alec Baldwin
2. Whoopi Goldberg
3. John Legend
4. Chrissy Teigen
5. Rob Reiner
6. Barbara Streisand
7. Cher
8. Nancy Pelosi
9. Hillary Clinton
10. Megan Rapinoe
11. Tom Hanks
12. Amy Schumer
13. AOC
14. Lady Gaga
15. Taylor Swift
16. Bill Gates
17. Jane Fonda
18. Madonna
19. Mark Ruffalo
20. Kim Kardashian
21. Bruce Springsteen
22. George Clooney
23. Hunter Biden
24. Oprah
25. Robert De Niro
26. Samuel L Jackson
27. Miley Cyrus
28. Travis Kelce
29. Bobbi Althoff
30. Rashida Talib
31. Stormy Daniels
32. Dr. Anthony Fauci
33. George Soros
34. Diddy
35. Eminem
36. Ellen DeGeneres
37. Sean Penn
38. Sharon Stone
39. Ashley Judd
40. Tommy Lee
41. Bryan Cranston
42. Billie Joe Armstrong
And
Cher will blow her brains out
Rob Reiner will set himself on fire
Bono vows to drive his car off a cliff
Question: Are they basically just liars & haters?
I'd be amazed if any leave.
I've been thinking the old book: "The man without a country."
I think they all need the same lesson.
Liars by definition, but i fully expect a trump deflection to distract from the fact that they are liars.
That seems to be all they have.
I'm 1000% sure that given the chance number 34 would leave, probably to somewhere without extradition, so i guess maybe not all liars.
I'm recommending Liberia for # 34.
Come on, lets be honest. Nobody would miss these clowns if they followed through.
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I'd go to a waste treatment plant.
Yes, much more appropriate.
I thought so.
And I think this guy should be deposited in Mexico.
Venezuela or N. Korea might work better. At least there he can continue to not think.
He'd be a hero in Venezuela.
What happens with Hunter?
Will Joe pardon him soon or should Trump be magnanimous once again?
Personally I think Donald should promise to pardon him.
Bad call.
That wasn't a death wish!
I imagine daddy will pardon him for the illegal gun conviction but that still leaves being wrapped up in daddy's possible corruption investigation and trials with Ukraine.
Yup.
Then not follow through.
That would be a fitting response to all the BS Democrats have put this country through for the last 8 years and counting. Better send it to 12 since he has been elected.
Provide proof of every single one of those folks making that statement.
You can't.
It's not true.
Actually it is out there. Let google be your friend.
They think they have more influence on Americans than they actually do. I was very pleasantly surprised to see that.
mitch proved he and so many Republicans were the bitch(s) when after Jan 6th stating Trump was the cause for the life threatening insurrection, yet he and they, refused to vote guilty after the impeachment. They and the current Trump voters have failed the US, and will allow for this country to be run by a criminal president, a gutless congress, with an agenda driven supreme court.
my moniker has never rung more true, and unfortunately, you and they know not what you did done do, but allwill soon find out, and it will not be pretty, but such is life, sometimes shitty
So, you don't like him?
Because he didn't vote for a faux impeachment.
Got it.
Moscow Mitch
putin's little bitch
As compared to Democrats being China's and Iran's bitch?
faux impeachment ? He stated Trump was the cause
Go back and get a link showing McConnell's exact words.
you can parse his exact words, but you and i, both know what he said
We can't have an intelligent discussion without a quote.
'practically and morally' , mean what to you
Zero without context.
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That's an odd way of saying you can't get a link showing McConnell's exact words.
are you kidding?
wtf
I will get them for you if thats the holdup
"I'm not at all conflicted about whether what the president did is an impeachable offense. I think it is. Urging an insurrection and people attacking the Capitol as a direct result... is about as close to an impeachable offense as you can imagine...
In 'The Price of Power,' McConnell says Trump's MAGA movement is 'completely wrong' - ABC News
Some people here are as clueless as ever.
This sort of repetitive practice of always demanding links for things that are common knowledge should automatically be considered trolling. I wont hold my breath though.
Prove it!
Some folks are like a broken record around here.
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Yes, I recall that.
He said Trump's inaction may have been interpreted by the crowd as a green light. None of that constitutes a high crime or misdemeanor.
A few days ago, the American people rendered their verdict via their vote on all things involving Trump and the democrats.
I never ask any of them for a link because I know they probably dont have one.
After the Russia hoax it is to be expected.
And some folks never provide a link
You know who holds the record for providing links, don't you.
No one knows what you are talking about.
You got your answer in 9.1.12
What's the matter John, can't spin your way out of that one?
I do, its me.
I think everyone here, whether they admit it or not knows it is I.
LOL
Easy way to fix that is to provide the links when a claim is made.
So you had to step in and save him. It still comes down to what is said vs. what is PROVEN. And after the outcome of the J6 Shitshow, nothing was PROVEN (outside of a partisan meltdown).
“We can't have an intelligent discussion without a quote.”
“A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business." ~ A.A. Milne
Then provide a link to your claim and it will stop. "Trust me" sources are laughable.
7
We know that's not true.
And that didn't change voter's minds, did it? The voting public knows much, much, much more about Donald Trump than any other politician. And it didn't matter.
Maybe these career politicians need to exert a little more effort to find out what did matter to voters.
In Florida, he defeated Harris by 13 percentage points, roughly quadrupling his 2020 margin.
It's really amazing what DeSantis has done in Florida.
Florida went from the ultimate battleground state, one Obama won in 2012 and turned it into a safer red state than New York or Illinois is blue, simply by being an excellent Governor.
DeSantis is a man of action. I only wish he was a better politician.
He lacks the glibness and ability to glad hand and look happy doing stupid things that goes into successful image making. He just succeeds in governing.
Agreed.
Therefore, the heir to the MAGA movement is the quick-witted man who wrote the now famous book on the decline and the isolation of working-class America.
MEXICO CITY — The election of Donald Trump — whose campaign featured incendiary proposals on tariffs , immigration and combating drug trafficking — is sending shock waves through Mexico, a nation with close economic, social and cultural ties to its northern neighbor.
The president-elect’s vows to impose steep taxes on goods imported from Mexico — up to 100% or more on vehicles — is viewed as a profound threat in a nation heavily dependent on trade with the United States .
“It’s a disaster,” Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, an economics professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, said of Trump’s election. “I mean, it couldn’t be worse.”
Mexico’s economy — driven almost exclusively by trade, with more than 80% of exports sent north of the border — is already on the brink of recession after years of sluggish growth, said Moreno-Brid.
Mexico is bracing for a new Trump presidency after years of threats - Los Angeles Times
I have a gut feeling that Mexico will either reinstate "Remain-in-Mexico" or forfeit trade with the US.
The question is: Have the democrats learned anything? From what we can see so far, the answer is NO.
Amazing from folks that seem to believe they are so smart.
They may have a degree. They aren't very smart.
They learn nothing and remember everything, if you know what I mean.
Yes, Democrats risked turning the 2024 election into a referendum on the Democratic Party.
Democrats were rejected up ballot, down ballot, and around the ballot by a felonious traitor that allies loathe, partners fear, and adversaries cannot predict. Democrats' celebrity supporters, rock star politicians, and GOP allies were defeated by a buffoon, a clown, a loose canon, a rambling carney barker who only speaks to hear his own voice.
Democrats have only themselves to blame. But, naturally, Democrats' kneejerk response scapegoats everyone and everything other than themselves. Democrats refuse to listen to Trump voters. Trump voters were voting for closed borders and managed immigration, they're voting to bring back manufacturing and blue collar jobs, they're voting to stop meddling in foreign countries and wading into decade long wars, they're voting to do something even if it doesn't work. The electorate has grown tired of kicking the can. The electorate isn't as easily impressed by threats to drown the puppies or fear of bogey men and closet monsters.
The voting electorate sent a clear message they want an alternative to the priorities and promises made by the Democratic Party. Democrats turned the 2024 election into a referendum on themselves. And they lost that gamble. Now is the time for introspection instead of finger pointing. Now it's time for the Democratic Party to change instead of whining and throwing tantrums.
Yes, they paid the price.
Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, who will become the minority leader in January due to Republican senate victories, is now calling for bipartisanship.
Why didn't he do that for the past 4 years when they were using Kamala Harris to break ties on radical legislation and radical appointments?
two months ago he was calling for the end of the filibuster...
Of course, Kamala was leading in the polls then...
He is petrified of the left wing of his party.
The Projection.
There's a lot to fear from the party of revenge and retribution - especially when the former 'president' traitor soon to be 'president' traitor again - puts him and Nancy Pelosi in the crosshairs - the traitor has called them and all Democrats - THE ENEMIES FROM WITHIN
They should provide extra protection to Schumer and Pelosi - the traitor put targets on their backs - it's like he has rifles pointed at their faces.
I will miss not seeing Chuck as much. He is funny, in a sick sort of way. Someone please buy him some progressive lenses.
I can't forgive what any of them have done in the past 4 years.
The republicans just hit 53 Senate seats, that means Collins and Murkowski will not have the influence that they have so enjoyed in the past.
I didn't think about that. That really makes things much easier.
Definitely for confirmations for cabinet positions.
You have to love Nevada, None of these candidates has got almost 40,000 votes so far for Senate, that is 10 times the difference between 1st and 2nd place in the race.